Drama

REALISTIC DRAMA

Teen Pressure

• Anderson, Laurie Halse ------------------------ Speak
• Cormier, Robert -------------------------------- The Chocolate War
• -------------------------------------------------- Beyond the Chocolate War
• Crutcher, Chris --------------------------------- Ironman

City Life and Gangs

• Bonham, Frank -------------------------------- Durango Street
• Karr, Kathleen --------------------------------- The Boxer
• Meyers, Walter Dean -------------------------- The Mouse Trap
• -------------------------------------------------- Scorpions
• Santiago, Danny ------------------------------- Famous All Over Town

Decisions

• Avi ---------------------------------------------- Nothing But the Truth
• Becthard, Margret ----------------------------- Hanging on to Max
• Cooney, Caroline ------------------------------ Driver's Ed
• Downham, Jenny ----------------------------- Before I Die
• Duncan, Lois ---------------------------------- Killing Mr. Griffin
• Johnson, Maureen ---------------------------- 13 Little Blue Envelopes

Sports

• Bloor, E. --------------------------------------- Tangerine
• Brooks, Bruce --------------------------------- The Moves Make the Man
• Crutcher, Chris ------------------------------- Running Loose
• ------------------------------------------------ Whale Talk
• ------------------------------------------------- Stotan
• Jenkins, A. M. -------------------------------- Damage
• Lipsyte, Robert ------------------------------ The Brave
• ----------------------------------------------- The Contender
• Paulson, Gary ------------------------------- Father Water, Mother Woods

Love/Sexuality

• Dessen, Sarah ------------------------------ Just Listen
  
• Greene, Bette ------------------------------ The Drowning of Stephen Jones
• Peck, Richard ------------------------------- Are You Alone in the House?

Family Situations

• Cooney, Caroline --------------------------- The Face on the Milk Carton Series
• Creech, Sharon ---------------------------- Walk Two Moons
• Paterson, Katherine ----------------------- Jacob Have I Loved